Idaho Boys (Week 15)

 Hello Everyone!

On Tuesday we officially said goodbye to Elder Leavitt! Monday night we had one last little party with him. But we drove him to the mission office and said goodbye, then picked up Elder Jensen! Elder Jensen was staying with us for a couple of nights before he flew out to Japan on Thursday morning. It was awesome to be able to spend some time with him before he left. 

On Wednesday, we picked up our new Elder. His name is Elder Sorensen and he is from Ririe Idaho! All three of us lived within 15 minutes of each other back at home, just to be united here in Michigan. He is an MLM original, and he stands at a whopping 6'6". I went from being the tallest Elder in Meridian to being the shortest.

Wednesday night we had the 4 of us shacked up in our apartment, but Elder Jensen left at 4 in the morning on Thursday. 

On Friday we were finally able to meet with our friend from Afghanistan again! He is doing well! It's been about 10 weeks since we last saw him.

Saturday and Sunday were very busy! We have taken on a lot of responsibilities as social media specialists and it has been crazy lately! We have also had the opportunity to watch the Christ Child video with a lot of our friends and members of the Meridian ward! It is such a powerful video and an amazing opportunity to watch it as much as we do. 

The Christmas season is well upon us! I am so grateful to be serving in Michigan at this time. 

Thank you all for your support and I hope you have a great week!

Elder Oswald

Something special 😉

The Meridian Sisters decorated our window!

Picking up Elder Sorensen

Elder Sorensen with our district trophy that we won

Our set up for Wednesday night

Some pictures from transfer day















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